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The Wildlife Department is embarking on an intensive, long-term
research project on two northwest Oklahoma wildlife management areas
to study quail reproductive success and mortality. The Department is
also teaming up with a group of partners to conduct an extensive
research project that covers the western portion of the northern bobwhite
quail's North American range. The Department will continue ongoing
quail conservation efforts across the state through a number of initiatives
on both public and private lands.
QUAIL UPDATE
Oklahoma has a few non-native animals and insects that could have a negative effect on the quail
habitat or the birds themselves. Feral hogs and cats are a few of those species and can be found
statewide. Another species is fire ants which are also not native that may at times harm quail
chicks. Each one can inflict harm on quail habitat and individual birds, and the worst part about
them is they are not native wildlife. When a non-native species is the source of habitat destruction
and predation on native wildlife, the significance of the problem is increased, even in the case of
feral hogs and cats that are not believed to be top level threats to quail populations they still need
to be considered. Non-native and invasive species often have little competition and few predators,
allowing for more detrimental impacts on native habitat and food sources otherwise available for
native species.
LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT THE WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT IS DOING
Check out the Wildlife Department's website at www.wildlifedepartment.com/hunting/quail.htm.
PRAIRIE CHICKEN UPDATE
The public is invited to provide comments on a draft conservation plan
for the Lesser Prairie Chicken (LEPC) in Oklahoma. The second draft of
the Oklahoma Lesser Prairie Chicken Conservation Action Plan
(OLEPCCP) is currently available for public review and is posted on the Oklahoma Department of
Wildlife Conservation's website at
(www.wildlifedepartment.com/wildlifemgmt/lepc/action_plan.htm). Comments on the draft plan will
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The Wildlife Department is embarking on an intensive, long-term
research project on two northwest Oklahoma wildlife management areas
to study quail reproductive success and mortality. The Department is
also teaming up with a group of partners to conduct an extensive
research project that covers the western portion of the northern bobwhite
quail's North American range. The Department will continue ongoing
quail conservation efforts across the state through a number of initiatives
on both public and private lands.
QUAIL UPDATE
Oklahoma has a few non-native animals and insects that could have a negative effect on the quail
habitat or the birds themselves. Feral hogs and cats are a few of those species and can be found
statewide. Another species is fire ants which are also not native that may at times harm quail
chicks. Each one can inflict harm on quail habitat and individual birds, and the worst part about
them is they are not native wildlife. When a non-native species is the source of habitat destruction
and predation on native wildlife, the significance of the problem is increased, even in the case of
feral hogs and cats that are not believed to be top level threats to quail populations they still need
to be considered. Non-native and invasive species often have little competition and few predators,
allowing for more detrimental impacts on native habitat and food sources otherwise available for
native species.
LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT THE WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT IS DOING
Check out the Wildlife Department's website at www.wildlifedepartment.com/hunting/quail.htm.
PRAIRIE CHICKEN UPDATE
The public is invited to provide comments on a draft conservation plan
for the Lesser Prairie Chicken (LEPC) in Oklahoma. The second draft of
the Oklahoma Lesser Prairie Chicken Conservation Action Plan
(OLEPCCP) is currently available for public review and is posted on the Oklahoma Department of
Wildlife Conservation's website at
(www.wildlifedepartment.com/wildlifemgmt/lepc/action_plan.htm). Comments on the draft plan will
ODWC - Upland Update June 25 Page 1 of 2
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